Balakros
Balacrus (Greek: Bάλακρoς), the son of Nicanor, one of Alexander the Great's "Somatophylakes" (bodyguards), was appointed satrap of Cilicia after the battle of Issus, 333 BC.[1] He fell in battle against the Pisidians in the lifetime of Alexander.[2] It was probably this Balacrus who married Phila, the daughter of Antipater, and subsequently the wife of Craterus.[3]
References
- Smith, William; Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, "Balacrus (1)", Boston, (1867)
Notes
- ^ Arrian, Anabasis Alexandri, ii. 12
- ^ Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca, xviii. 22
- ^ Photius, Bibliotheca, cod. 166
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Balacrus (1)". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.